Where Ships Go to Die: The Environmental Cost of the Shipbreaking Industry in Bangladesh

Source: https://www.thebubble.org.uk/current-affairs/where-ships-go-to-die-the-environmental-cost-of-the-shipbreaking-industry-in-bangladesh/

Author: Ellen Hodges

The Al Nabila IV, a 27,000-dwt tonnage vegetable oil tanker, reaches her final resting place on Sitakunda beach near Chittagong in Bangladesh. After nearly 30 years of shipping, she is rammed onto Sitakunda beach at high tide and left to be disassembled by thousands of workers.